Passing a 15year extension of voting language assistance wont stop alleged discrimination in education and more important. it wont teach anyone English. The assumption underlying this bill seems to be that once the number of nonEnglishspeaking voters in a jurisdiction. for whatever reason. reaches a certain quantity. conducting elections in the English language becomes per se discriminatory. violating the 14th and 15th amendments. This assumption is quite extraordinary when one considers that most American political discourse is in English. that Americans of minority backgrounds strongly support English. and that our naturalization laws require a knowledge of English. In addition to the lack of evidence of effectiveness and need. there is another reason why this proposal is troublesome. We all know that this Nation does not need to be further separated or fragmented along racial or ethnic lines.
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